GDPR & Cookies

Last Updated: September 18, 2025

GDPR

Royal Pine, with the contact email info@royalpine.com, is committed to protecting the privacy of your personal data. This document explains how we collect, use, and protect your data when you visit and use our site.

1. Personal Data Controller

The controller responsible for processing your data is Royal Pine. For any questions or requests related to data protection, you can contact us at the email address: info@royalpine.com.

2. What Data Do We Process?

We collect the following categories of personal data:

  • Identification and contact details: Name, surname, delivery address, e-mail address, telephone number.
  • Transactional data: Information about orders placed, products purchased, payment method (we do not store bank card data; these are securely processed by our partners).
  • Technical data: IP address, browser type, information about the device used to navigate the site, cookies and similar technologies.

3. The Purpose and Legal Basis of the Processing

We process your data for the following purposes:

  • Order processing: To receive, validate, ship and invoice the orders placed on the site. The legal basis is the execution of the distance contract (Art. 6(1)(b) of the GDPR).
  • Fulfillment of legal obligations: To comply with our fiscal and accounting obligations (e.g. issuing invoices). The legal basis is the legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c) of the GDPR).
  • Customer support: To answer your questions and requests. The legal basis is our legitimate interest in providing quality services (Art. 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).
  • Marketing (optional): Only with your explicit consent, to send you offers and news (newsletter). The legal basis is consent (Art. 6(1)(a) of the GDPR). You can withdraw your consent at any time.

4. Data Storage Duration

We will store your personal data for a period necessary to fulfill the purposes mentioned above. The data from the invoices will be kept for 10 years, according to the fiscal legislation in force. The customer account data will be kept until the explicit request for its deletion.

5. To Whom Do We Transmit Your Data?

We do not sell or rent your data to third parties. We may transmit your data, strictly for the fulfillment of the above purposes, to the following partners:

  • Courier service providers: for the delivery of products.
  • Online payment processors: for the secure processing of card payments.
  • IT and hosting service providers: for the maintenance and administration of the site.

6. Your Rights

According to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), you have the following rights:

  • The right to information and access: You can request information regarding the processing activities of your data.
  • The right to rectification: You can request the correction of inaccurate data or the completion of incomplete data.
  • The right to data erasure (“the right to be forgotten”): You can obtain the erasure of data, under certain conditions provided by law.
  • The right to restrict processing: You can request the restriction of processing in the cases provided by law.
  • The right to data portability: You can receive, under certain conditions, the personal data you have provided to us, in a structured, machine-readable format.
  • The right to object: You can object to data processing based on our legitimate interest.
  • The right to lodge a complaint: You can lodge a complaint with the National Supervisory Authority for Personal Data Processing (www.dataprotection.ro).

To exercise these rights, you can contact us at the email address royalpine@admin.com.

7. Data Security

We have implemented appropriate technical and organizational measures to ensure a high level of security for your personal data against destruction, loss, alteration, or unauthorized access.

8. Policy Updates

We reserve the right to periodically update and modify this Privacy Policy. Any changes will be displayed on this page.

COOKIES

At Royal Pine & Associates we use cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us provide you with a great experience when you browse our website and assist us in tailoring content to you. 

This cookies policy (Policy) aims to inform you about what cookies are, what type of cookies we use and provide you with options on how they can be managed or deleted.  

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your web browser or the hard drive of your computer (laptop, tablet, mobile device etc.). Cookies contain information that allow our web server to identify your computer’s browser and respond accordingly. 

What types of cookies we use and why?

We use different types of cookies for a variety of reasons as stated below:

  1. Strictly Necessary Cookies. These are cookies that are necessary for the operation of our website and which enable you to use certain features, such as the submission of forms through the website.  
  2. Functional Cookies. These are cookies used to recognize you when you return to our website and remember the choices you made, such as your language, in order to provide functionality to improve your browsing experience.
  3. Analytic and Performance Cookies. These are cookies which allow us to count the number of visitors and to gather information about how they use the website. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. These cookies collect anonymous data. 

Consent

By using our website, you agree that we can place the cookies set out above on your device and we can use that data in accordance with this policy. 

Disabling Cookies

You can disable cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies, including strictly necessary cookies, you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. 

For more information on how to disable and/or delete cookies on your device you can use the guidance below: 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this policy, feel free to contact us at dpo@royalpine.com